Photodynamic antitumor activity of aggregation-induced emission luminogens as chemosensitizers for paclitaxel by concurrent induction of apoptosis and autophagic cell death

TPE-Py inhibits the growth of tumor cells by inducing apoptotic and autophagic cell death, and the effect could be enhanced by white light irradiation. TPE-Py enhances the anticancer activity of Ptx by inducing apoptosis by white light irradiation.